# Soften "Account temporarily blocked" message?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [30. April 2016 um 22:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512 "2016-04-30T22:30:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Post date:** [11. Mai 2016 um 20:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512/4 "2016-05-11T20:01:02Z")

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After a few more new users complaining, I think the problem is the timing between the user posting a new message with a link, and an admin approving their message. Since we only have one admin, during that time window, the new user gets a message from Discourse that their account has been blocked, which creates a very negative first impression.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/3/83ca5f21696a154af622b42c71eafc5b97eb8e48.png)

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/4/444483a33f424956b05e21fd2d67ed2c1d0ef310.png)

I would like to suggest softening the message from “Account temporarily blocked” to something along the lines of

> “Thank you for joining our community! To keep spammers out, we’re reviewing the first message posted by new users. If you’re not a spammer, we’ll approve your account shortly.”

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